The Brookhaven leader., 1887-04-07

dose OF rhubarb or calomcl You can not
drive your children into the ark You can
draw your children TO Christ, but you can
not coerce them. The cross was lifted not
10 drive, but to draw.
II be lifted up will draw all men unto ma,
As the sun draws up the drops of morn
ing dew, so the sun of righteousness ex-
halcs the tears Of repentance.
Come thou aud all thy house into the ark.
he sure that you bring your husband
and wife with you. How would Noah have
felt If, when he heard the rain patteriug
on the roof Of the ark, he knew that his
wife was outside in the storm! No; she
went with him. And yet some Of you arc
on the ship 'outwlr / bound" for Heaven,
but your companion is unsheltcrci. You
remember the day when the marriage
ring was set. Nothing has We. been able
to break il. Sickness cam =, anl the finger
shrank, but the ring staid on. The twain
stood alone above u child's grave. and the
dark mouth of the tomb swallowed up
thousand hopes; but the ring dropped not
into the open grave. Days of poverty
came, and the hand did many a hard days
work; but the rubbing of the work against
the ring only made il shine brighter
Shall that ring ever b. loStl Will the
iron clang Of the scpulchcr-gate crush
been married on earth may be together in
heaven. Oh! by the quiet bliss of your
/ earthly home: by the babes cradle; by all
the vows of that day when you started
/ life together beg you to sec toit that you
! both get into the.a"k.
Come in, and bring your wife or your
/ husband with yOu-not by fretting about
religion. or ding -dongng them about re-
| ligion. but by consistent life and by
compelling prayer that shall bring the
/ throne of Goi down into your bedroom.
Better live in the smallest house in
! the city and get INTO haven thln live
! fifty years in the finest house in the
land and wake up at last and find that
one of you. for all eternity, is outside tho
/ ark. Go home tonight, lock the door
Of your room, take up the Bible and
read it together. and then knecl down
| and commend your souls to Him who has
watched you all these years; and before
You rise there vii! be fluttCring of
wings over you" head. angel crying 10 an.
+ gel:
'Behold, they pray"
But this does not include all your fam
( lily. Bring the children, too. God bless
the dear children! What would our homes
be without them! We may have done
much for them. They may have done
more for us. What salve for a wound.
ed heart there is in the soft palm of a
chill : haudl Did harp or flute ever have
/ such music as there is in a Chill's Good
night" From our coarse, rough life, the
| angels Of God are often driven back, but
! who comes into the nursery without
/ feeling that angels arr vering
aroundl They who die il in.
fancy go into glory, but you arc
4 expecting your children 10 grow up IN this
worl /. Is it not question, then. that
rings through all the corridors, AMI wind
ings, ana heights and depths OF your soul,
what is to become Of your sons and
daughters for time and eternity1
90" You say. "Imean to see that they
have good manners"
Very well.
Il mean to dress them well, if have
myself to go shabby
Very good.
Il shall give them an education, and l
! shall leave them fortune"
Very we'll But is that all! Don't YOU
! mean o take them into the ark Doa't
! you know That the storm is coming. and
/ that ont OF Christ there IS no safety no
+ plrlont no hope' no Hcaven'
/ How 10 get them in, Go IN yourself. II
Noah had stayed out do yol not suppose
/ that his sons, Shpm. Ham and Japhet.
! wou!d have stayed out? Your sons and
daughters viii b apt to do just "a You DO.
| eject Christ yourself and the probability
! is that your children will rel oct him.
| An account was taken of the religious
| condition of families in Il certain district.
| In the families of piOus parents tWO-thirds
! OF the children were Christians. Tn the
/ families where the parents were ungodly,
! only one-twelfth of the children We're
| Christians. Responsible, as you are. for
/ their temporal existence you are also re-
( sponsible for their eternity. Which way
! will you take theml Ont into the deluge,
! or into the arki Have YOU ever made one
earnest prayer for their immortal soulsl
| What will you say in the Judgment when
! God asks:
Where is George. Or Henry, or Frank,
or Mary, or Anna Where are those pre-.
cious souls whose interests | committed
into your hands!'
| \ diving son said to his father:
Father, you gave me an education, and
! good manners, and every thing that the
world could do for me; bu', father YOU
never told me how to die, and now my soul
! is going out in the darkness
Go home and erect family altar. YOn
may break down in your prayer-but
never mind, God will take what you
mean. whether you express it intclligibly
, or not. Bring all your house into the ark.
Is there one son whom you have given up!
Is he so dissipated that you have stoppe
! counsc'ing and prayngf Give him upl
How dare you give him VI. Did
ever God give thee up? Whilst thou hast
single articulation of speech left, cease
not to pray for the return of that prod gal.
He may even now be standing on the
beach at Hong Kong o. Madras, mCditat-
ing return to his fathers house. Give
him upt Never give him up. HIS Got
promised to hear thy prayer only 70 mock
thee? 1t is not too late.
In St. Pauls, Lon lon, there is ii wis
pering gallery. A voice uttered most
feebly at one side of the gallery is heard
distinctly at the opposite side, great dis
lance off. 50, every word of earnest
PRAYER goes all around the elrth and
makes Heaven a whispering gallery. Go
into the ark-nOt to sit down, but to stand
in the door, AMI call until ali the family
come in. Aged Nolh, whore is Japhets
Dav d. where is ADsalOm: Hannah, whore
is Samuel! Bring them in through
Christ, the door. Would it not be pleas
ant to spend eternity with our families.
Gladder than Christmas Of Than giving
festival viii be the reunion. If we get all
our family INTO the ark. Which OF them
can we spare out of heaven!
On one of the late steamers there were
father and two daughters jOurneying.
They seemed extremely poor A benevo-
lent gentleman stepped up to the poor
.1s Il